Travelog for: Dotti Scotti

Hello world,

I was born in a cold place, had to lay in a dark cardboard box, so now I wanna know if there are warm and sunny places where I can watch plants grow and have nice long walks. I would love to walk throu gardens and parks, forests and deserts. A place near by the fireplace or oven would be fine too. I love warm food and hot drinks. Everything that is not cold or a small box would be fine. Well, the other TVs explained me if I would like to travel to these places, I would have to go into envelopes or small parcels. Well, ok, I can stand this pain, if I get to a nice place to stay for a while in reward.

Here I'm in the garden:




Here up in the appletree, is a good place to look around.



Here I am with my siblings and Fimbo Fimble



This is my sister Lillepuss

Hi mummy,
I made it. Today I arrived at Jasper's home in Switzerland.
My journey wasn't as bad I thought.
Pics will follow soon.
Hugs from
Dotti Scotti

Hi mummy,
when I arrived, Jasper took me to the balcony. That was exactly right for me. After dark jacket I could sit here under a small tree



and enjoy fresh air and the sun. I tried out the new swing



and lay down on the sun lounger.





37 ° today.



By and by the other TV's came and greeted me. Snake Speare,



Panda_Lilo,



Ismaya,



Hase,



Wolley



and Shakespeare.



And that we are,



Jasper's gang.



see you

Dotti Scotti

Hi mum,
on Friday I took advantage of the wonderful weather for sunbathing.





With my new sun glasses I lay the whole afternoon in the hammock and enjoying the warmth.





Lazing in perfection.

Best regards from
Dott Scotti

Hello mum,
Today I helped host brother to prepare the dinner. I cut onions



and steamed them in olive oil.





I pureed tomatoes



and fresh basil harvested.





Everything was put together a tomato sauce.





Then I helped make a dough.





( sorry, I'm a bit blurry )

I cut ham and chili.





In between control the dough.



The result of our efforts was pizza. A pizza with ham



and one with salami and chili.



I chose ham pizza.





A fresh pizza and a (small) glass of Chianti, it tasted wonderful.

Arrivederci Mom
Dotti Scotti

Hello mum,
yesterday, when Jasper was at work, the bell rang at the door. Although it is not allowed to open the door in Jasper's absence, we could not resist. Hase opened the door a little bit





and discovered a envelope with interesting stamps. A packet from Trinidad and Tobago, wow. Together we brought the envelope into the dining room





and considered what we should do.









We opened it.



The result was a small giraffe, wrapped in pink paper.







We introduced ourselves and gave GiGi (so the giraffe is called) a warm welcome.



She is so cute, I like her.

yours
Dotti Scotti

Hi mum,

Today we celebrated Shakespeare's birthday. Its 89th Birthday. Can you imagine that?
At Wikipedia we read, the turtles have lived on earth before the dinosaurs evolved.
Shakespeare has held up well.
We congratulated him and sang a song.





He got a cake and a fishing rod.



While we waited for the cake,



he practiced fishing.



Greetings from Dotti Scotti, who hopes the rainy season is almost over.

Hi mom,
Today we said goodbye to Hase. She travels home to visit her mom.
Therefore, we had a big party yesterday.



Sweets as much as we wanted.











We could bathe in it and had so much fun.









There was a lot of laughter and stories and adventures were told.

But today we had heavy heart. As Hase grabbed her things a few tears flowed.







We all wished her a safe journey.

Bye mom
Dotti Scotti

Hello mummy,
weekend was the northeastern Swiss Yodel Festival in the neighboring town. It was a great event with 4000 participants and about 45,000 visitors.
I attended the parade on Sunday. 60 teams or choirs participated with festive floats.



















I saw many women, men and children in beautiful traditional costumes.







Some distributed specialties from their home, others threw sweets into the audience. We had a lot to do with the pickup.

The oldtimer of a brewery.



Musicians on horses



Alphorns





And that is something very special. It is called "Schelle Schöttle" (bells shaking)







In Eastern Switzerland for the alp procession only the three leading cows wear huge bells made of welded sheet metal. The bells are valuable and on the way up, the herdsmen remove them from the cows in order to protect them. They are carried by the men on yokes over their shoulders.
This tradition, documented first in 1838, may have led to the so-called bell-shaking, a musical practice which was observed first in the middle of the 19th century. The Appenzellers shake the bells for fun, much in the way that other play cards. But often the bells are moved forwards and backwards to accompany the improvised polyphonic yodel vocalising.

Here you see me at the bus station on my way home





This is what we catched.



I had a very nice day and learned a lot of Swiss traditions.

Bye for now
Dotti Scotti

Hi mom,
Today we had some work to do. We - TV's - got new furniture. A new couch and a new chair.
This furniture we had to drag to the third floor.





Very sweaty.
But they are very comfortable.







Luckily Jasper also bought a deck chair.



After work, we were able to relax on it.



And tomorrow we will travel to Lake Constance.
But this is a new adventure.

See you mom
Dotti Scotti

Hi mom,
Today we made a trip to Konstanz.







Konstanz; English: Constance) is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants
Konstanz is situated on Lake Constance (the Bodensee in German).







The Rhine river, which starts in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance and leaves it, considerably larger, by flowing under a bridge connecting the two parts of the city. North of the river lies the larger part of the city with residential areas, industrial estates, and the University of Konstanz; while south of the river is the old town which houses the administrative centre and shopping facilities in addition to the Hochschule or the University of Applied Sciences. Car ferries provide access across Lake Constance to Meersburg, and the Katamaran provides a shuttle service for pedestrians to Friedrichshafen. To the south, the old town borders onto the Swiss town of Kreuzlingen.

This is the Munster.





We saw beautiful old houses.



The casino



- we wanted to play roulette or blackjack, but Jasper said no.

So we admired the view,







and talked with a swan.



Behind us you can see the Steigenberger, a luxury hotel.





On the way to the old town.





This is the Town Hall



The courtyard of the town hall.



An art object -



the inscription on the red table means: unbounded thinking
Exactly what make TV's.

Still a lovely old house called Graf Zeppelin.



Here we are at the harbor.











At the harbor entrance stands the Imperia.



The Imperia is a statue at the entrance of the harbour of Konstanz, Germany, commemorating the Council of Constance that took place there between 1414 and 1418. The concrete statue is 9 metres high, weighs 18 tonnes, and stands on a pedestal that rotates around its axis once every four minutes.
The Imperia shows a woman holding two men on her hands. The two men represent Pope Martin V and Emperor Sigismund. Martin V was elected during the Council while Sigismund was the king who called the council. Both are naked except for the crown and papal tiara, respectively, that they wear as symbols of their power.

Jasper suddenly saw a Zeppelin on the way home. Unfortunately, we were crossing a bridge and could not stop. And unfortunately he is not very good to see.



The little dot next to the flag.

Now I'm tired.
Good night mum
Dotti Scotti

Hi mom,
Sunday we took a trip into the history of Switzerland and walked a little on William Tell's footsteps. We visited the Central Switzerland and Lake Lucerne. On our way we saw many beautiful landscapes and of course lakes.



The first lake was the Aegerisee in Canton Zug.



From high above we could look at him. We drove along Lake Lucerne to Sisikon and hiked on the "Swiss Path"











(The Swiss Path is the name given to a special national path in central Switzerland opened in 1991. It makes a loop around one arm of Lake Lucerne, starting in Rütli and passing through Bauen, Flüelen, Sisikon





and Morschach, finishing at Brunnen. The total length is around 35 km (22 mi), taking 2 or 3 days to complete.
The route recognises each of the cantons making up Switzerland, with markers announcing each canton along the route. The length of route for each canton is proportional to the population at the time of building, and the order is determined by the order in which the cantons joined the Swiss federation)

to Tell chapel,





the oldest chapel in Switzerland.



It lies on the Tellsplatte, where according to legend, William Tell to have jumped from the boat of the provincial governor Gessler. Already in 1388 a chapel was built. In 1503 as a chapel Holy Hüslin is mentioned. A new or remodeling was 1590th
The present chapel was built in 1879 / in 1880. It is adorned with four frescoes by Basel artist Ernst Stückelberg shows the Rütlischwur the apple shot, the death of Gessler and Tell's Leap.
Here you see Tell's leap.



We drove on to Altdorf, the capital of the canton of Uri.





Altdorf is best known as the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head. This act by tradition happened on the market-place, where in 1895, at the foot of an old tower (with rude frescoes commemorating the feat), there was set up a fine bronze statue of Tell and his son.





In 1899 a theatre was opened close to the town's center for the purpose of performing Schiller's play of Wilhelm Tell.
Here you see me before Tell's Memorial.



Continue along the lake





and through many tunnels





we drove towards Brünnigpass.



The pass is nothing special but on the way one has a view of the Lungerensee.



And that is something special.
Looks like a post card



Hiking and driving made ​​us very tired. The way home we slept.
Bye mom,
Dotti Scotti

Hi mum
Today we were on the river Thur. We wanted to swim and fish. Jasper had much to bear: some beach towels, sun deck, fishing rod, hammock and a parasol and of course us.
Once at the river we looked for a suitable place. We found a small sand bar that had washed up the flood and made ourselves comfortable.






Shakespeare threw his  fishing rod but nothing wanted to bite. But the mosquitoes bite, and that us.
We tried to make a fire but everything was still damp from the storm last night.





It took some effort but we managed it.







We all had a fun day.

Dotti Scotti

Hi mom,
Today is Sunday and we enjoy the day and the sun on the balcony. Too many people and mosquitoes at the Thur.
We lounged around all day.





We drank a lot of water but not only.
For dinner we had something special: prawns and focaccia.





We celebrated Wolley's farewell.



He travels to the French part of Switzerland and met his mother there. He is very happy.
We laughed and talked until late into the night.
Bye mum,
Dotti Scotti

Hi mom,
when we woke up this morning, Wolley's bed was empty.
We found a letter from him.



Shakespeare read it to us.





Wolley do not like goodbyes and tears longer, so he has sneaked in the morning.
Goodbye friend, have a safe trip.
Bye mom,
your somewhat wistful
Dotti Scotti